At this point in time race has little to do with it. People who live in impoverished areas are at a disadvantage no matter what ethnicity they are. Historically Minorities were forced into ghettos or were unable to make the money needed to afford to live in wealthier neighborhoods, and poor families more often than not stay poor through many generations, which is why today there are statistically so many impoverished minorities. However, a lot of whites are in situations just as bad, and yet we still cling to it being a race issue when it is really an economic issue. Instead of crying about nonexistant oppression we should instead look at our decaying infrastructure ans educational system, which are the biggest contributers to the cycle of poverty.